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    "id": 388338,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I have asked a number of questions. Is Kenya a failed state? Is the Kenyan situation of 2007/2008 what the Rome Statute anticipated? Was the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 in vain? Is the rallying call of Kenyans, as captured in the preamble of the Constitution, in vain? We must say “no” to real or imagined infringement of the rights of the citizens of Kenya, as enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Kenya is among the 122 signatories to the Rome Statute. There were great nations which signed the Rome Statute, but which barely a year later withdrew their membership. The respective governments of those countries gave very good reasons for doing so. There are nations which are not signatories to the Rome Statute. Those nations have not ratified the Rome Statute for some good reasons. I want to pick on very few countries. Eighty per cent of the world’s population does not subscribe to the ICC and the Rome Statute. Great and populous nations like the United States of America (USA), China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Israel and Japan are not members of the ICC. So, we would be better off withdrawing from the ICC and joining more stable and developed democracies. We will be at par with the USA. We will join three of the key members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. Today, I want to take the route The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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